Jobany
A masculine name of Spanish origin meaning "God is merciful".
Name Census estimates that about 261 living Americans carry the first name Jobany. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Jobany today is around 25 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jobany births was 2003 (24 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jobany. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
261
~ 1 in 1,313,235 Americans
Peak year
2003
24 babies that year
Average age
25
years old
2016 SSA rank
#13,146
Tracked since 1989
Census
Jobany in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 295 people with the first name Jobany, which placed it at #29,826 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#29,826
National first-name rank
People counted
295
295 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
97.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jobany
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jobany is Hispanic at 97.3%. The next largest groups are Black (1.4%) and White (0.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jobany described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jobany at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino97.3% · 287
- Black or African American1.4% · 4
- White0.7% · 2
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.3% · 1
- Two or more races0.3% · 1
Popularity
Jobany: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jobany from the 1980s through to the 2010s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 134 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jobany by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jobany during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jobanys live
Origin
Meaning and history of Jobany
The given name Jobany has its origins in the ancient Semitic language of Aramaic, which was widely spoken in the Middle East and parts of the Mediterranean region during the first millennium BC. It is derived from the Aramaic root word "ybn", which means "to build" or "to construct". The name Jobany likely emerged as a variant of the more common name "Johanan" or "Yohanan", which translates to "Yahweh is gracious" or "God is merciful".
In its earliest recorded form, the name Jobany appeared in several ancient Aramaic inscriptions and texts dating back to the 5th century BC. These inscriptions were often found in regions that were part of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, which stretched from modern-day Iran to Egypt and parts of the Balkans. During this period, Aramaic was the lingua franca of the empire, and names like Jobany were commonly used among the diverse populations living within its borders.
One of the earliest known individuals to bear the name Jobany was a scribe and scholar who lived in the city of Babylon during the reign of the Achaemenid king Darius I (550-486 BC). This Jobany is mentioned in several cuneiform tablets that record his work in translating and preserving ancient Mesopotamian texts and literary works.
Another notable figure named Jobany was a Jewish scholar and philosopher who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, during the 2nd century BC. This Jobany is credited with writing several treatises on the interpretation of the Torah and the teachings of the Hebrew prophets, some of which were later incorporated into the Talmudic literature.
In the early centuries of the Christian era, the name Jobany was also found among certain Christian communities in the Middle East and North Africa. One such individual was Jobany of Edessa, a 4th-century bishop and theologian who played a significant role in the development of Syriac Christianity and the translation of religious texts into Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic.
During the Islamic Golden Age, which spanned from the 8th to the 13th centuries, the name Jobany continued to be used among Arabic-speaking populations, particularly in regions that had been influenced by the ancient Aramaic language and culture. One prominent figure bearing this name was Jobany al-Arabi, a 10th-century mathematician and astronomer from Baghdad, who made important contributions to the fields of algebra and trigonometry.
In more recent centuries, the name Jobany has remained relatively uncommon, although it has been documented in various historical records and genealogical sources from different parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Some notable individuals bearing this name include Jobany Khalil, a 19th-century Lebanese poet and writer, and Jobany Haddad, a 20th-century Syrian painter and artist.
People
Jobany + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jobany as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jobany: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jobany?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 261 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jobany going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,313,235 US residents.
Is Jobany a common name?
We classify Jobany as "Very Rare". It ranks above 77.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 265 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jobany most popular?
The single biggest year for Jobany was 2003, when 24 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jobany is about 25 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jobany in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 295 people with the name Jobany, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #29,826 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jobany in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jobany?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jobany leans strongly male. 284 people counted with this name were male (95.0%), compared with 15 female bearers (5.0%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jobany?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jobany is Hispanic at 97.3%. The next largest groups are Black (1.4%) and White (0.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jobany most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Jobany in the 2020 Census, accounting for 97.3% (287 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Jobany in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jobany a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jobany in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Jobany still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jobany in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Jobany can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Jobany?
See how many people share the name Jobany on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.